Animated toy simulating the paddling of a kayak



Jan. 11, 1966 P. o. BA-HR 3, 8,

ANIMATED TOY SIMULATING THE PADDLING OF A KAYAK Filed Aug. 20, 1962 IN VEN TOR Pele? Q Ber/II:

United States Patent Ofifice 3,228,142 Patented Jan. 11, 1956 3,228,142 ANIMATED TQY SlMULATlNG THE PADDLING 6F A KAYAK Peter 0. Bahr, Box 86, Unalakleet, Alaska Filed Aug. 20, 1962, Ser. No. 217,894 2 Claims. (Cl. 46-92) This invention relates to toys and more particularly to animated toys in the form of a person associated with some object such as a small boat or as in this invention, an Eskimo kayak.

Animated toys are always one form of toys that both grown-ups and children alike never tire of. And they are one form of toys that amuse the old and young alike.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide an animated toy that is entirely different in shape and movement from anything now found in the modern toy store for the amusement of both children and grown-ups alike. The animated toy is in the form of a man paddling a kayak.

Another object of this invention of an animated toy in the form of a man paddling a kayak is to create and hold interest of both children and grown-ups in things relating to and reminding one of Alaska, our newest one of the fifty States.

Another object of this invention is to provide an animated toy that operates without the use of an easily broken motor.

Another object of this invention is to provide an animated toy in the form of a man paddling a kayak that can readily be manufactured in any desired size and from any desired material.

Still another object of this novel invention is to provide an animated toy in the form of a man paddling a kayak that depends on easily obtainable and replaceable rubber bands for its propelling power.

Other and further objects and advantages of this animated toy will be hereinafter described, and the novel thereof defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a side view of this invention in water.

FIGURE 2 is a front view of this invention in water.

FIGURE 3 is a top view of the center portion of this invention without the toy man in the same.

FIGURE 4 is a sectional view of this invention taken substantially along line 44 of FIGURE 1 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIGURE 5 is a longitudinal sectional view part of the kayak of this invention.

FIGURE 6 is a top view of the paddling mechanism of this invention.

FIGURE 7 is a pictorial view of the paddling mechanism of this invention.

FIGURE 8 is a pictorial view of the preferred form of the crank bearing of this invention.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Having reference now to the drawing in detail, there is generally indicated by the character 12 a toy kayak in the aft end of which is located the propelling mechanism 13. The mechanism 13 embodies a flat base 14 having an upturned front end 15 that is triangular when viewed from the front and an upturned and angularly disposed rear end 16 that terminates in hand crank bearing housing 17 in which is located a hand crank 18 that projects back out through the stern 19 of the aforesaid toy kayak 12. As clearly shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 8, the outer end 17 of bearing housing 17 is so shaped that crank 18 can be turned clockwise to wind the rubber band 21 and this rubber band cannot turn the crank in a counter clockwise direction to unwind said rubber band. The front end of of the major the hand crank 18 terminates in a hook 20 to which is secured one end of a rubber band 21.

Looking now at FIGURE 7 of the appended drawing it will be seen that the aforesaid fiat base 14 of this invention has a portion of its left side formed into a rectangular upturned member 22 that corresponds to an alike upturned member 23 that is formed from a portion of the right side of the aforesaid base 14 which also has a pair of upright parallel member 24- secured at the top by an inverted U-shaped member 25 which along with the aforesaid upright parallel members 24 are provided with in-lined openings for the rotatable reception of a shaft having a hook 26 on the aft end thereof for the securement of the front end of the aforesaid rubber band 21 while the front end of the aforesaid shaft is secured to a rotary motion transmitting spring 27 formed at a right angle and having its other end secured to one end of the shaft 28 that has its crank 29 secured to the rear end of the rod 36 that has its front end 31 upwardly turned and secured to one end 32 of the laterally disposed inverted T-shaped member 33 that is supported by the upturned front end 34 of the rod 35 that is supported at the front end by the aforesaid front end member 15 while the rear end of the same rod is supported by upturned horizontally disposed plate member 36 as best shown in FIGURES 5 and 7 of the appended drawing. The inverted T-shaped member 33 is embedded in the lower portion of the body of the toy figure of an Eskimo 37 as clearly shown in FIGURE 4 of the appended drawing.

'It may be well to state at this time that a kayak is defined as an Eskimo, skin cover canoe propelled by a double bladed paddle. The paddle is characterized in FIGURES 1, 2 and 4 of the appended drawing by the reference character 38 through no further mention of this part of the invention is made in this specification since its function is obvious from reading the specification and examining the appended drawing.

It is also obvious from an examination of the appended drawing that when this novel animated toy is held in ones hand and the hand crank 18 is rotated thus causing the rubber band 21 to twist, assuming, of course, that the Eskimo 37 is so held in ones hand as to prevent its moving until the toy is released by placing upon any suitable body of water when the rubber hand will untwist and rotate hook 26, flexible shaft 27, shaft 28 and crank 29. Crank 29 will move rod 30. Movement of rod 30 will pivot inverted T-shaped member 33 about the upturned portion 35' of rod 35. The motion of inverted T-shaped member 33 causes the Eskimo to move in a manner to realistically imitate an Eskimo paddling a kayak.

From the foregoing it will now be seen that there is herein provided an animated toy which accomplishes all of the objects of this invention, and others, including many advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as many modifications may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore shown and described, it will be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.

What I now claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An animated toy of the character described comprising a toy kayak having an opening in the center thereof at the top, an inverted T-shaped member beneath the opening and extending across said opening, a toy Eskimo secured to said inverted T-shaped member and extending up through said opening, the hands of the Eskimo extending forward, a double-bladed paddle secured to said hands and extending across the body of said Eskimo, bearing means whereby the T-shaped member is pivoted about a central vertical axis, a crank rotatably mounted in the kayak, a connecting rod connecting the end of the crank [0 the end of the inverted T-shaped member and means for rotating the crank, to thereby simulate life-like movement of the toy Eskimo paddling a kayak and to paddle the toy kayak along.

2. An animated toy of the character described comprising a toy kayak having an opening in the center thereof at the top, an inverted T-shaped member beneath the opening and extending across said opening, a toy Eskimo secured to said inverted T-shaped member and extending up through said opening, the hands of the'Eski-mo extending forward, a double-bladed paddle secured to said hands and extending across the body of the Eskimo, the inverted T-shaped member having an opening extending vertically in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the inverted T-shaped member and centrally of the two opposite ends of the said inverted T-shaped member, a rod having an upturned end extending through said opening, the rod extending lengthwise of the kayak, bearings supporting said rod, a crank rotatably mounted in the kayak, a connecting rod connecting the end of the crank to the end of the inverted T-shaped member and means for rotating the crank, to thereby simulate life-like movement of an Eskimo paddling a kayak and to paddle the toy kayak along.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,392,484 10/1921 Davis 46-93 2,060,619 11/1936 Jacobson 4692 2,948,081 8/1960 Starr 46-92 DELBERT B. LOWE, Primary Examiner.

RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Examiner. 

1. AN ANIMATED TOY OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A TOY KAYAK HAVING AN OPENING IN THE CENTER THEREOF AT THE TOP, AN INVERTED T-SHAPED MEMBER BENEATH THE OPENING AND EXTENDING ACROSS SAID OPENING, A TOY ESKIMO SECURED TO SAID INVERTED T-SHAPED MEMBER AND EXTENDING UP THROUGH SAID OPENING, THE HANDS OF THE ESKIMO EXTENDING FORWARD, A DOUBLE-BLADED PADDLE SECURE TO SAID HANDS AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE BODY OF SAID ESKIMO, BEARING MEANS WHEREBY THE T-SHAPED MEMBER IS PIVOTED ABOUT A CENTRAL VERTICAL AXIS, A CRANK ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN THE KAYAK, A CONNECTING ROD CONNECTING THE END OF THE CRANK TO THE END OF THE INVERTED T-SHAPED MEMBER AND MEANS FOR ROTATING THE CRANK, TO THEREBY SIMULATE LIFE-LIKE MOVEMENT OF THE TOY ESKIMO PADDLING A KAYAK AND TO PADDLE THE TOY KAYAK ALONG. 